The Virtual Choir – a Metaphor for Classical Public Radio

If you are skeptical about how a community can come together to create and support one great musical idea, watch this.

This virtual choir was organized by composer and conductor Eric Whitacre. The process was simple:

Whitacre recorded a conductor track with an accompanist playing the reduction on the piano. He recorded a separate video discussing the piece and ilustrating a few musical concepts that all singers were to aim to achieve in their performances.

A video was posted explaining the translation of the text with pronounciation.

He posted individual-part videos, with one side of the screen showing the sheet music and one half of the screen showing the conductor track.

And he invited the public to submit videos of individual performances. Those individual performances were stitched together to make this video.

If you are a WDAV listener, do your part and join our “virtual choir” of supporters. Call 1-877-333-8990 or today. Thank you!